The Watchman On The Wall

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Verse 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

In the video below, Christy, speaks out about the mistreatment of Christian Palestinians and the Christian situation in Bethlehem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzCAqXrBGtU#t=12The
similarities between 2007 and 2014 continue to pile up. As you are about to
see, U.S. home sales fell dramatically throughout 2007 even as the mainstream
media, our politicians and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke promised us
that everything was going to be just fine and that we definitely were not going
to experience a recession. Of course we remember precisely what followed.

It was the worst
economic crisis since the days of the Great Depression. And you know what they
say - if we do not learn from history we are doomed to repeat it. Just like
seven years ago, the stock market has soared to all-time high after all-time
high. Just like seven years ago, the authorities are telling us that there is
nothing to worry about. Unfortunately, just like seven years ago, a housing
bubble is imploding and another great economic crisis is rapidly approaching.

Posted below is a
chart of existing home sales in the United States during 2007. As you can see,
existing home sales declined precipitously throughout the year...

Existing Home Sales
2007

Now look at
this chart which shows what has happened to existing home sales in the United
States in recent months. If you compare the two charts, you will see that the
numbers are eerily similar...

Existing Home Sales
Today

New home
sales are also following a similar pattern. In fact, we just learned that new
home sales have collapsed to an 8 month low...

Sales of new
single-family homes dropped sharply last month as severe winter weather and
higher mortgage rates continued to slow the housing recovery.

New home sales fell
14.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 385,000, down from February's
revised pace of 449,000, the Census Bureau said.

Once again, this is
so similar to what we witnessed back in 2007. The following is a chart that
shows how new home sales declined dramatically throughout that year...

New Home Sales 2007

And this
chart shows what has happened to new homes sales during the past several
months. Sadly, we have never even gotten close to returning to the level that
we were at back in 2007. But even the modest "recovery" that we have
experienced is now quickly unraveling...

New Home Sales Today

If history does repeat, then what we are witnessing right now
is a very troubling sign for the months to come. As you can see from this
chart, new home sales usually start going down before a recession begins.

And don't expect these housing numbers to rebound any time soon. The demand for
mortgages has dropped through the floor. Just check out the following excerpt
from a recent article by Michael Lombardi...

One of the key indicators I follow in respect to the state of the housing
market is mortgage originations. This data gives me an idea about demand for
homes, as rising demand for mortgages means more people are buying homes. And
as demand increases, prices should be increasing.

But the opposite is happening…

In the first quarter of 2014, mortgage originations at Citigroup Inc. declined
71% from the same period a year ago. The bank issued $5.2 billion in mortgages
in the first quarter of 2014, compared to $8.3 billion in the previous quarter
and $18.0 billion in the first quarter of 2013.

Total mortgage origination volume at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
(NYSE/JPM) declined by 68% in the first quarter of 2014 from the same period a
year ago. At JPMorgan, in the first quarter of 2014, $17.0 billion worth of
mortgages were issued, compared to $52.7 billion in the same period a year
ago.

It is almost as if we are watching a replay of 2007 all over again, and yet
nobody is talking about this.

Everyone wants to believe that this time will be different.

The human capacity for self-delusion is absolutely amazing.

There are a lot of other similarities between 2007 and today as well.

Just the other day, I noted that retail stores are closing in the United States
at the fastest pace that we have seen since the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

Back in 2007, we saw margin debt on Wall Street spike dramatically and help
fuel a remarkable run in the stock market. Just check out the chart in this
article. But that spike in margin debt also made the eventual stock market
collapse much worse than it had to be.

And just like 2007, consumer credit is totally out of control. As I noted in
one recent article, during the fourth quarter of 2013 we witnessed the biggest
increase in consumer debt in the U.S. that we have seen since 2007. Total
consumer credit in the U.S. has risen by 22 percent over the past three years,
and 56 percent of all Americans have "subprime credit" at this point.

Are you starting to get the picture? It is only 7 years later, and the same
things that happened just prior to the last great financial crisis are
happening again. Only this time we are in much worse shape to handle an
economic meltdown. The following is a brief excerpt from my recent article
entitled "We Are In FAR Worse Shape Than We Were Just Prior To The Last
Great Financial Crisis"...

None of the problems that caused the last financial crisis have been fixed. In
fact, they have all gotten worse. The total amount of debt in the world has
grown by more than 40 percent since 2007, the too big to fail banks have gotten
37 percent larger, and the colossal derivatives bubble has spiraled so far out
of control that the only thing left to do is to watch the spectacular crash
landing that is inevitably coming.

Many have been convinced that this next two year time period is going to
represent a major "turning point" for America.

Right now, 2014 is turning out to be eerily similar to 2007.

Will 2015 turn out to be a repeat of 2008?

Now we have begun the Tetrad. The first blood moon occurred
on Passover 15 April 2014. Tetrads are rare
and historically important to the Jewish people and a warning to the Jewish
people and Israel. During the tetrad of 1492-93 the Jews were expelled from
Spain. During the tetrad of 1948-49 the Israel was born. During the tetrad of
1967-68 the Jews re-captured Jerusalem.

The next Blood Moon occurs on 14 Tishrei or 8 October 2014.

Shmittah occur every seven years. The U.S. experienced a Shmittah
in 2001 with the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks and in 2008 with the
financial collapse. Since we have not repented as a nation the next Shmittah cycle
with its Harbinger is in 2015. Each
harbinger will get worse for America.

Furthermore, the next Jewish Jubilee is in 2017. During the
Jubilee of 1917 the British issued the Balfour Declaration. During the Jubilee
of 1967 the Jews re-captured Jerusalem. The next Jubilee is in 2017!

Elijah

Some trust in chariots and some in
horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.— Psalm 20:7

Psalm 20 is
among the most well-known of all psalms. In the Jewish tradition, it is part of
the daily prayer service because it speaks to the various struggles that we
grapple with daily. Its message is beautifully summed up in verse 7:“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we
trust in the name of the LORD our God.”No matter what battle we are fighting
in life right now, and no matter how much things seem to be not in our favor,
God can help us be victorious.

This psalm,
penned by King David, is reminiscent of his very first battle when he took on
the giant Goliath. Everyone tried to talk him out of fighting the giant. David
was just a boy, so small that the armor King Saul offered him only weighed him
down, so he went into battle unprotected — in physical armor, that is. David
came fully armored in the most impenetrable armor that exists – David came
clothed in the name of God. He said to the giant Goliath,“You come against me with sword and spear and
javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty … ”(1 Samuel 17:45). And with God’s help,
David took that giant down.

Here’s another
story from Israel’s not-so-distant past. In spring 2003, Israel was fighting a
war against terrorism. The Israel Defense Forces were fairly successful, but a
few battles were hard to win. One such fight took place in Jenin, a Palestinian
stronghold. The Israeli fighters described an incident where the morale was
very low. Many soldiers had already lost their lives, and as a last resort, an
Israeli general had threatened over the loudspeaker to send in F-16 fighter
jets. It was an empty threat that neither the soldiers nor the terrorists took
seriously.

That is until a
loud booming sound was heard moments later. At first the soldiers were
confused, but then they realized the sound was thunder, even though it was
spring and in Israel and itneverrains in the spring. The terrorists
were not as wise. They immediately surrendered. When asked why, they said, “We
heard the sound of fighter jets and knew we were defeated.” God’s thunder won
the battle. A modern-day miracle!

What battles are
you fighting today? Call on the name of God. With God on our side, we can slay
any giant and overcome all adversity. No matter how big the obstacles seem, our
God is bigger. No matter how mighty the enemy might seem, our God is even
stronger. Let God fight your battles today – and every day – and you will be
victorious.

Americans
have always enjoyed the privilege of living abroad without losing citizenship. Hemingway and Fitzgerald were American expatriates writing in Europe after World War I. Expatriates
remain Americans, and have generally been welcomed back to our shores with open
arms.

But
today there are at least 3,000 fewer Americans than there ought to be. That’s
how many people live overseas and voluntarily gave up their citizenship in 2013
alone. And they won’t be coming back—at least not as Americans.

Their
decision to become foreigners is being driven, in many cases, by changes to
domestic laws. The United States is one of only two countries that attempt to
tax money citizens earn while working overseas (Eritrea is the other). And two
laws aimed at bringing tax revenue back into the U.S.—the Foreign Account Tax
Compliance Act (FATCA) and the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts
(FBAR)—are actually driving Americans away.

FBAR
focuses on citizens, demanding that anyone with $10,000 or more in a foreign
bank inform the IRS about that account. FATCA is even more invasive, because it
attempts to compel foreign companies to cooperate with the IRS. Instead, many
companies are simply deciding to dump their American customers.

Congress
passed FATCA in 2010 to make it harder for Americans with foreign accounts to
illegally evade U.S. taxes. Unfortunately, the unintended consequence of FATCA
has been a painful burden inflicted on innocent law-abiding U.S. citizens
residing abroad whom the law is forcing to make life-changing decisions.

“I
have been kicked out of a Swiss bank,” Brian Dublin toldUSA Today. “I have also been kicked out of a Swiss
pension fund. They told me they don’t want any Americans in the fund. They
don’t want to work on behalf of the IRS.” He intends to apply for Swiss
citizenship.

The
law requires Americans to file expensive paperwork even if they don’t owe
anything. “If you have to dish out thousands of dollars each year just to retain
your U.S. citizenship you start to say, ‘Look, do I really need it that much?’”
tax expert Andrew Mitchel explains.

Still,
the decision to surrender American citizenship isn’t easy. “When I gave up my
American passport I was so upset that I went out in the street and vomited,”
Donna-Lane Nelson says. But it’s happening more and more often, jumping from
231 people giving up their citizenship at the end of the George W. Bush
administration in 2008 to roughly 1,000 in 2012 and 3,000 last year.

The
United States has always been the exceptional nation, the land of opportunity,
even if some Americans chose to pursue opportunities abroad. We’ve been able to
lure the best of the best from all around the world to become Americans and
help build our economy. However, if the federal government continues to pile on
burdensome regulations, that may not always be the case.

Above Tupac Shakur gave a performance "from beyond the grave". Pope Francis
will become the first pontiff seen globally in 3D (three dimensions) during the
unprecedented double canonization of papal predecessors John Paul II and John
XXIII, in an upcoming April 27 ceremony in St. Peter’s Square.

Nowtheendbegins.com has reported that the event will be
produced in 3D by the Vatican TV Center (CTV) in a partnership with Rupert
Murdoch’s Sky Italia, BSkyB and Sky Deutschland payboxes, and Sony. The
ceremony will also be beamed into 3D movie theaters across Europe and in North
and South America, in what is being touted as the first convergence of HD, 3D
and 4K technologies for such a high-profile multimedia 3D event.

CTV chief
Monignor Dario Vigano said the live transmission will require “more satellites
than the Sochi Olympics”, and that the Vatican decided to offer the
canonization ceremony to the world in 3D in order to give people who would want
to attend but cannot, for many reasons including economic ones, the chance to
get a “fully immersive” experience.

Approximately
200,000 viewers will form the global TV audience. More than 100 movie theaters
in Italy will screen the ceremony in 3D through Nexo Digital, which will also
beam it into movie theaters around the world, everywhere for free. Roughly five
million pilgrims are expected in Rome for the event, which will see four popes
united in St Peter’s, given that the Vatican has confirmed that former Pope
Benedict XVI will attend.

This type of
3D beaming of events and ceremonies is not new, but seems to be gaining momentum
as related and supporting technologies develop over time. In a February edition
of Prophecy News Watch,
other examples of similar transmissions based on hologram technology, dating
from the year 2011 were given:

- Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan used an enormous hologram of himself to
attend and address a party meeting that he could not attend in person, and was
transmitted into the party chambers instead.

- Music group Black Eyed Peas performed holographically at an awards show in
France.

- Two small airports in Britain — Manchester and London Luton— have holographic
images of staffers explaining security clearance rules.

- In 2012, an Indian politician, Narendra Modi, made use of the same technology
as part of a promotion. In his efforts to seek re-election, he successfully
broadcasted 26 holograms of himself onto stages across the Indian state of
Gujarat.

- And on April 15, 2012, the late Tupac Shakur gave a performance ‘from beyond
the grave’ at the Coachella Music Festival in California.

But is there
any significance to these developments apart from the technological wizardries
and the ability to reach more people in more “interactive” and “immersive”
ways? Yes - if reference is made to Biblical end-time prophecies.

Revelation
13:15 says: He (the AntiChrist or Beast) was granted power to give
breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak
and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

Author
Lyn Leahz explains: In
a vision of the end times, the Apostle John was shown a mysterious facet of
mankind’s apocalyptic culture. He saw that an actual political leader would
arise called the “beast,” (Revelation 13:15) and that an “image of the beast”
would also be present. He saw that this image would be separate from, yet
likened to the beast himself…this image is clearly much more than just a statue
- the idea of giving life to an image that speaks seems to match the personification
of holographic technology…Is it possible John may have seen holographic
projections of the beast leader, which could “appear” as if by magic in
multiple locations at once.

In fact, in
translation, the Greek word 'image' could mean image or likeness. And that is
exactly what a holographic projection is! It is an image or likeness of the
person's appearance being projected somewhere else. Are we being conditioned
for a technology that will be used by the Antichrist in order to reach masses
of people at one time? ...Is it possible the great signs of this 2nd beast are
through technology rather than the supernatural? Only time will tell”.

Other views
suggest that since the image also has power to kill, the 3D and holographic
technologies available are just ‘forerunner’ in nature rather than a
confirmation that Revelation 13:15 could be fulfilled in the ways that are
technologically possible today. One such view in Godlikeproductions.com states:
“If people are worshipping holographic images of the beast it’s hard for me to
imagine how these images would know when a person is refusing to worship them.
In contrast, if a demon inhabited a physical image or idol of the beast it
could detect when someone refuses to worship it and perhaps alert a person of
someone’s insubordination”.

Possibly the
3D and holographic technologies can (or could be enhanced to) record and
transmit this type of information, using surveillance equipment. That way, the
worship of the image can still be monitored and enforced. It would however
appear that the knowledge of the finer details of exactly how the prophecy of
Revelation 13:15 will occur, will be the privilege of those who are living at
the time of the manifestation of the AntiChrist to witness and confirm.

However, it
seems clear that the 3D and holographic technologies will gradually but
effectively ‘program’ people to accept and consider the wildest possibilities
available through technology, as they become more accustomed to its regular
public use in highly advanced ways. Could the effect or outcome of this be that
the distinction between technological marvels and demonic feats will over time
become so blurred that people will have difficulty distinguishing between the
two? It could certainly work to Satan’s advantage if people cannot tell the
difference.

Heaven, the abode of God, a place of bliss and serenity, is
the final destination desired by many. 81% of respondents in a poll conducted
by Barna Research group, say they expect to go to Heaven when they die.

When asked, how you get to go to heaven, many people reply,
“Be a good person, “and “Do good deeds.”

Recently, former New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg asserted
he has little doubt about what awaits him at a Judgment Day. Pointing to his
work on gun safety, obesity and smoking cessation, he said during a recent
interview with the NY Times “I am telling you if there is a God, when I get to
heaven I’m not stopping to be interviewed. I am heading straight in. I have
earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.”

Many people share his conviction that due to the” good works”
they have performed here on earth, they will be ushered into heaven upon their
death. In fact recently, Pope Francis was reported to have said that by “good
works”, even atheists could go to heaven and that by doing good,” they would be
led to Jesus Christ.”

A study from the Barna Research Group of Ventura, California,
revealed the means by which some expect to go to heaven. Among those surveyed
nearly half say they are Heaven bound (43%) and believe they will go to Heaven
because they have "confessed their sins and accepted Jesus Christ as their
Savior."

Others polled felt they will get to Heaven because
"they have tried to obey the 10 Commandments" (15%) or because
"they are basically a good person" (15%). Another 6% believed their
entrance to Heaven would be based upon the fact that "God loves all people
and will not let them perish."

The study also revealed that despite the effects of
post-modernism on the views of Americans, 8 in 10 still believe in heaven,
although they are divided about how to get there.

Could this confusion be related to incorrect teaching from
the Church? Has the Church failed to accurately teach the Gospel?

In an essay by Dr. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of The
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, published on the albertmohler.com
website, the writer explores the problem, causes, and effects of the” false
gospel” of moralism.

“Moralism can take many forms and can emerge from any number
of political and cultural impulses. Nevertheless, the basic structure of
moralism comes down to this — the belief that the Gospel can be reduced to
improvements in behavior,” writes Mohler.

“Far too many believers and their churches succumb to the
logic of moralism and reduce the Gospel to a message of moral improvement. In
other words, we communicate to spiritually lost persons the message that what
God desires for them and demands of them is to get their lives straight,” he
explains.
Dr. Mohler goes on to explain that moralism can easily seduce one into
believing that he or she can obtain righteousness by our “good” behavior,
making it a powerful belief.

What happens when the Church adopts moralism as a theological
doctrine? It communicates to a sinful world that what God desires from fallen
humans is behavioral improvement.

Conversly, the Apostle Paul insists that “a man is not
justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus.” Salvation
comes to those who are “justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of
the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.” [Gal. 2:16]

“We are justified by faith alone, saved by grace alone, and redeemed from our
sin by Christ alone,” continues Mohler. While moralism produces condemned
sinners who may be better behaved, the Gospel of Christ transforms sinners into
the adopted sons and daughters of God.

Godly behavior then comes as a result of the transforming
power of Jesus Christ in a person’s life, not their attempts to live moral
lives or perform adequate virtuous acts.

This is not to minimize the importance of obedience to the
laws of God but faith must precede any attempts at obedience for salvation to
occur. Virtuous lives are a result of faith in Jesus. (James 2:26)

Dr. Mohler concludes that Hell will be highly populated with
those who were moralist. “The citizens of heaven will be those who, by the
sheer grace and mercy of God, are there solely because of the imputed
righteousness of Jesus Christ.”

This week India successfully test-fired a new interceptor missile capable of neutralizing any
incoming long-range missile at higher altitude. The Asian arms race continues between India and Pakistan.

The interceptor, positioned at launch pad-IV of Integrated Test Range at
Wheeler Island, about 100 km from here, roared into the sky at about 9.10am to
hit its target.

The target, mimicking an incoming enemy missile, was first test fired
from a naval ship at 9.06am and after getting signals from the radars, the
interceptor went into action.

The details of the ‘kill effect’ of the interceptor missile were
analyzed after retrieving all the data from various radars and telemetry
stations, an official said.

Earlier Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which is
the premier agency to develop such a sophisticated interceptor, had
successfully tested six interceptor missiles developed by it, both in
endo-atmosphere (within 30 km altitude above sea level and exo-atmosphere stage
(above 30 km altitude).

The Prithvi Air Defence interceptor missile has already demonstrated its
killing capability at an altitude of 50 km and 80 km while the Advanced Air
Defence interceptor missile has smashed the target missile at an altitude of 15
km to 30 km.

Now the target is to achieve the interception at an altitude of above
100 km of a long range missile, defence sources said.

Press TV reported on April 21, 2014 that one of the
biggest medical cover-ups in history was exposed this week when Wall Street
brokers suffering from cancer after 9/11 made the news. The New York Post
revealed that 70,000 New Yorkers have applied for 9/11 victim compensation,
most for cancers that can only be attributed to direct exposure to ionizing
radiation from nuclear weapons. The 70,000 victims represent the largest cancer
cluster in history, even more victims than survivors of both Hiroshima and
Nagasaki combined, the only other similar spike of multiple myeloma cases.

You will remember that Steve Jackson invented the card game in
1995 and 9/11 occurred in 2001.

Firefighters and first responders could not work at the
bottom of the collapsed Towers because the entire basement was too hot!
Something glowed very hot for a very long time.

The Illuminati Card Game depicted the Twin Tower attack as a
nuclear event, I believe it was a controlled demolition and a small micro-nuke
device exploded in the basement.

Of course, official media scoffed at these reports, and most
Americans did not want to believe the truth. Now, we have the largest cancer
cluster in history' among the people exposed to radiation and toxic air during
and after the 9/11 attacks. This cancer cluster is even larger than the one
created by America's atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
"combined!

How thorough has the “Lame Stream
Media” blackout on this explosive subject been? Be prepared to be shocked.

90% of the 70,000 victims say they
were exposed within a one-square-mile area. Yet the cover-up has been so
thorough that only one death has been officially reported and only a small
number of victims have been paid compensation due to a system that is ripe with
denial, disinformation and corruption."

How is the Lame Stream
Media controlled? The Illuminati bragged 200 years ago via the "Protocols
of the Learned Elders of Zion" that they controlled the world's press then.
Here is what the Illuminati wrote: "We must compel the governments ... to
take action in the direction favored by our widely conceived plan ... by what
we shall represent as public opinion, secretly prompted by us through the means
of that so-called 'Great Power' -- the Press, which, with a few exceptions, is
already entirely in our hands." ("Protocol of the Learned Elders of Zion, Protocol"#7; written early 1800's)

After 9/11, tens of thousands of
Americans developed cancer. Many died but no one will ever know how many. That
number is, for some reason classified. By 2006, the Village Voice had begun to
write about the cancer epidemic and Dr. Larry Norton of Sloan Kettering
Memorial Medical Center cited that something in the dust may have caused the
cancer outbreak. Norton demanded a detailed study be funded, but no study
followed.

The cancer involved is multiple myeloma ... There is one known direct
cause for this disease, exposure to a nuclear explosion. Multiple myeloma is
also known as 'the Hiroshima disease' ... Studies at both Los Alamos and
Livermore Labs show ... There are no other established factors, no 'toxic soup'
that can cause this disease.

An identical situation exists in
New York; tens of thousands have developed statistically impossible diseases
with the vast majority misdiagnosed for years.

Finally, we know the truth, just
like the "Terrorist Nuke" card of the Illuminati Card Game
demonstrates, this attack was carried out by the Illuminati for the purpose of
eventually causing the collapse of this current World Order so the New World
Order may be established.

The Global Elite accomplished a lot from the attacks of
9/11:

1) Passage of Patriot Acts I and II, which strip us of all our
Constitutional guarantees.

2) Created of huge government agencies, like Homeland Security
that create false security and more government control.

3) President George W. Bush used the attacks of 9/11 to launch the
invasion of Afghanistan and of Iraq. These two invasions were the opening salvo
of the"Pentagon's
New Map" strategy in the "Non-Integrating Gap Region".
The purpose of this strategy was developed prior to 9/11/2001. Ten kingdoms
were to be formed that would answer to the anti-christ, the Beast. Rulers and
dictators who do not obey the Illuminati would be removed to create the New
World Order. Friends, God’s prophecy is being quickly fulfilled and millions of
people around the world have already been sacrificed on satan’s New World Order
altar.

“Stand up in the presence of the
aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.”

— Leviticus 19:32

TheTorahportion
for this week isKedoshim, which means “holy,” from Leviticus 19:1–20:27,
and theHaftorahis from Ezekiel 20:2–20.

Three men were
once riding through the desert. Suddenly, they heard a heavenly voice say,
“Stop riding.” The men stopped. The voice continued, “Get off your camels,” and
so the men did. Then the voice said, “Gather up some sand in your hands and
hold it for the rest of your journey.” The men did as the supernatural voice
had commanded.

It was not an
easy ride, but they made it to their destination. When they opened their hands
at last, they saw that the sand they had been holding had turned to jewels!
They were ecstatic, but at the same time lamented, “If only we had known; we
would have gathered up so much more sand while we had the chance!”

Often in life, we don’t always take
advantage of the opportunities before us. Sometimes, we don’t even realize how
valuable those opportunities can be.

As we get old,
we tend to think about all the things we want to do before we die. Some people
call it a bucket list, and it typically includes the things that they’d like to
do, places they want to go, or things they’d like to obtain. Now, I’m not
knocking anyone’s list and I think it’s important to live life to the fullest.
However, I do think we would be falling short of our life’s goals if we only
had one kind of bucket list – one that honors the material blessings of this
world. We also need to have a spiritual list as well – one that will serve us
far more when we arrive at our final destination.

In this week’sTorahportion,
we read,“Stand
up in the presence of the aged …”The
literal meaning of the verse, however, reads, “Before old age, you shall rise.”
Traditionally, we understand that this verse is directing us to show respect to
the elderly. But taking the literal meaning into account, the Sages suggest an
alternative message: Rise up – raise up your soul – before you reach old age.

Old age has many
blessings, but also many limitations. Our bodies and minds will not be as they
formerly were. That’s what motivates many people to do the things they want to
do while they still can. They take that trip or buy that car. However, the
Bible is teaching us that we must utilize our vitality for spiritual purposes
as well.

We must create a
list that includes how we can contribute to society, not just the things we’d
like to acquire. We should plan trips that renew our souls, not just our
bodies. Instead of asking, “How much pleasure can I still experience in the
time I have left?” we need to ask, “How much pleasure can I give to the Lord
with the time I have been given?”

Gather up your
good deeds and hold them in your heart. One day you will discover that they are
the real treasure.

Crisis
actors, smoke bombs, fake blood and literal 'smoke and mirrors' were all part
of what was the false flag terrorist attack called the Boston Marathon Bombing.
To anyone who saw the pictures and footage of fake blood, make- up artists and
smiling victims. It was obvious that something was not right. For those
involved in filmmaking and in the know the discrepancies were obvious.

Hired mercenaries above carry the real bomb.

Hollywood filmmaker, producer and directorNathan Folks believes the Boston Marathon
Bombing was a staged false flag terrorist attack. Mr. Folks said, "Back in
2013 I was watching the events unfold and as a producer, you can pinpoint very
specific things that do not seem right. I started to realize that I was
watching a false flag event. Mr. Folks
said the so-called 'Boston hero' is an actor and his wife is an actress. They
were both in my last film entitled’'The prosecution of an American president' I recognized, with
my expertise, that the Boston bombing was not an event that was at all 100%
true."

The watchman also
believes that the Boston Marathon bombing attack was a "False Flag"
operation. One of the important reasons the Elite would stage this false attack
was to provide our military and hired mercenaries critical experience in
shutting down a large American city. Boston, Massachusetts, is home to 636,000
people and is surrounded by almost 4 million more people. "Greater
Boston" is home to 6 million when you include the daily commute. Therefore,
the Elite gained much experience in the tactics needed to militarily shutting
down a large metropolitan city. One day, our military will be locking in dozens
of cities all across the United States, doing so in only 72 hours.

The LORD is my rock,
my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. — Psalm 18:2

During this holy season for both faiths, I
wish my Jewish friends a blessed Passover, and to my Christian friends, a
blessed Easter. In the previous week, I shared some reflections on the Passover
celebration and the lessons that can be gleaned from it for Jews and Christians
alike. In fact, many of the sacred aspects of Christian worship trace their
spiritual roots directly to the Jewish faith and the early history of the
nation of Israel.

Such is the case with the term “Paschal
Lamb,” or “Lamb of God,” which in the Christian tradition refers to Jesus. From
the Jewish perspective, the term is Korban Pesach, or “sacrifice of
Passover,” which dates back to the first Exodus. The blood of a sacrificed
lamb, which was smeared on the doorframes of each Jewish household, served as a
sign of deliverance from death striking their firstborn sons. The lamb’s blood
would be the only path to salvation — without it, their firstborn would die,
along with those of the Egyptians.

Additionally, the lamb represented the
idols, or false gods, that the Egyptians worshiped. By killing a lamb, the
Israelites were, in essence, defying their Egyptian masters as well as
demonstrating once again the power of the God of Israel over the Egyptian gods.

In the times of the Jewish temple worship,
Jews obeyed God’s command to remember the first Passover by sacrificing a lamb
on that day. This lamb had to be male, one year old, and most importantly,
without blemish. Only then would it suffice to be the perfect Passover
sacrifice. (See Exodus 12:5.)

This Passover observance is what Christians
reference when speaking of “a lamb without blemish or defect” (1
Peter 1:19).

It is also true that Jesus, as an observant
Jew, and his disciples were celebrating the Passover on the very night that he
foretold his coming death. Jesus followed the same divine instructions that
were given to Moses as he broke bread with his disciples. And later, the
apostle Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians to “keep the
Festival” (Passover/Lord’s Supper) with unleavened bread.

Indeed, the Christian observance of Easter
resonates back to the story of the Jews’ escape and deliverance from Egyptian
bondage three thousand years ago. Understanding the story of Passover and rich
symbolism of the seder meal gives a new richness to many of
the worship traditions at churches around the world.

This year, as my Christian friends
celebrate Easter, it is good to remember the Jews’ miraculous deliverance on
that first Passover and of God’s divine leadership taking them from bondage to
freedom. Let us celebrate and praise along with David, in the words of Psalm
18, our rock, our fortress, and the horn of our salvation.